About this Talk
You did it! You made it to an advanced level in your language! Now you can relax a bit and just freely use your language without all the pesky obstacles you faced in the earlier stages, right? Maybe not. After all, you're still you in your advanced language. The things about your inner self, personality, thoughts, and beliefs that limited you at the earlier levels are still part of you now. Join me as I explore some of the baggage we pick up at the beginning of our languages and carry with us all the way to advanced. Things like impostor syndrome, perfectionism, limiting beliefs, and fear of making mistakes, just to name a few, affect how we learn and engage with a language at every level, even if the effects are different as our language abilities grow. Acknowledging these types of traits and tendencies, learning how they show up in our languages, and discovering tools for managing them are incredibly valuable to shaping that relaxing and joyful advanced language life you've wanted.
